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MumbaiMumbai History :  The Great Indian Peninsular Railway facilitated travel within India. This network of commerce and communication led to an accumulation of wealth. This was channelled into building an Imperial Bombay by a succession of Governors. Many of Bombay's famous landmarks, the Flora Fountain and the Victoria Terminus, date from this time. The water works, including the Hanging Gardens and the lakes were also built at this time. The Bombay Municipal Corporation was founded in 1872. However, this facade of a progressive and well-governed city was belied by the plague epidemics of the 1890s. This dichotomy between the city's symbols of power and prosperity and the living conditions of the people who make it so continues even today. The construction of Imperial Bombay continued well into the 20th century. Landmarks from this period are the Gateway of India, the General Post Office, the Town Hall (now the Asiatic Library) and the Prince of Wales Museum. Bombay expanded northwards into the first suburbs, before spreading its nightmare tentacles into the the northern suburbs. The nearly 2000 acres reclaimed by the Port Trust depressed the property market for a while, but the Backbay reclamation scandal of the '20s was a testament to the greed for land. The freedom movement reached a high pitch of activity
against this background of developing Indian wealth. Gandhi returned
from South Africa and reached Bombay on January 12, 1915. Following
many campaigns in the succeeding years, the end of the British
imperial rule in India was clearly presaged by the Quit India
declaration by the Indian National Congress on August 8, 1942, in
Gowalia Tank Maidan, near Kemp's Corner. India became a free country
on August 15, 1947. In the meanwhile, Greater Bombay had come into
existence through an Act of the British parliament in 1945. Accessing Mumbai Air: Mumbai is an international airport. Many international airlines operate flights to Mumbai from various parts of the world. Indian Airlines and many private airlines connect Mumbai with all major tourist centres in India. Rail: Mumbai is the headquarters of the Central and Western Railways. Regular trains connect it with all major cities like Ahamedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Calcutta, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Madras, Nagapur and Trivandrum. Road: Mumbai is connected by good motorable roads with all major tourist centres |
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